AQA GCSE Challenge of natural hazard key words (New spec)

Question 1

The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place.

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Hazard Risk

Question 2

A natural event that threatens property and people or has the potential to cause damage/death.

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Natural hazard

Question 3

Tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to plates that are moving apart.

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Constructive

Question 4

After effects as an indirect impact of a natural event eg. fires due to ruptured gas mains.

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Secondary effects

Question 5

The worldwide system of winds, which transports heat from tropical to polar latitudes.

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Global atmospheric circulation

Question 6

The initial impact of a natural event on people/property, caused directly by it.

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Primary effects

Question 7

Changes in the pathway of the earth around the sun

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Orbital cycles

Question 8

An area of low pressure with winds moving in a spiral around the eye of the storm.

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Tropical storms

Question 9

Later reactions that occur in the weeks, months and years after the event.

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Long term responses

Question 10

The effect of an event on the wealth of an area or community.

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Economic effect

Question 11

Actions taken to adjust to natural events such as climate change to reduce potential damage.

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Adaptation

Question 12

Actions taken to enable communities to respond to, and recover from, natural disasters.

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Planning

Question 13

The effects of an event on the lives of the people or community.

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Social effects

Question 14

Long term change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in temperature.

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Climate change

Question 15

Tectonic plate margin where plates are moving together and the oceanic plate is subducted.

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Destructive

Question 16

Attempts to forecast when and where a natural hazard will strike, based on current knowledge.

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Prediction

Question 17

Recording physical changes eg earthquakes around a volcano to help forecast when it might erupt

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Monitoring

Question 18

Period of geological time from 2.6m yrs ago to the present identified by the presence of humans

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Quaternary

Question 19

The reaction of people as the disaster happens and in the immediate aftermath.

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Immediate responses

Question 20

A sudden or violent movement within the earth's crust followed by a series of shocks.

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Earthquake

Question 21

Action taken to reduce/eliminate the long term risk to human life/property from natural hazards

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Mitigation

Question 22

Tectonic plate margin where 2 plates slide past each other.

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Conservative

Question 23

The effect of an event on the landscape and ecology of the surrounding area.

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Environmental effect

Question 24

Actions taken before a hazard strikes to reduce its impact, such as improving building design.

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Protection

Question 25

When a weather event is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

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Extreme weather

AQA GCSE Challenge of natural hazard key words (New spec)

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AQA GCSE Challenge of natural hazard key words (New spec)

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